A Vindication of Catholic Morality, or a refutation of the charges brought against it by Sismondi, etc |
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A Vindication of Catholic Morality, Or a Refutation of the Charges Brought ... Alexander Manzoni No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 245 - For who maketh thee to differ from another.' and what hast thou that thou didst not receive'.' now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Page 221 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Page 226 - Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Page 106 - And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said ; Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? But he turned and rebuked them, and said ; Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 184 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 197 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 30 - All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you ; and lo I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Page 251 - Looking at her faults, adversity appears like the retribution of a God that will pardon, and not like the stroke of a blind power ; she increases in dignity and purity, because every pain suffered with resignation cancels some of the spots that rendered her less fair : and what more ? She grows to love adversity itself, because it renders her " conformed to the image of the Son of God,
Page 80 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Page 263 - The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.